Grasshoppers efficiently process C4 grass leaf tissues: Implications for patterns of host-plant utilization

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-217

  Barbehenn, Raymond V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Bouteloua curtipendula; Bundle sheath cells; Camnula pellucida; Digestion; Herbivore; Melanoplus sanguinipes; Nutritional ecology; Orthoptera; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; DIGESTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACRIDIDAE; BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA; CAMNULA PELLUCIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES; ORTHOPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 33745326571     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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